cant get new gfx card to work

[NAVI_Z]

it may just be the board i had a 3870x2 that would work in every thing but mine but another 3870x2 worked fine it may just be the card conflicting with the board

this is the second 5770 i tried. my kids have pc's running 5770's. i tried both of them and they didn't work either.

 

[erocker]

Must be a defective card then.

 

[95Viper]

Grasping at straws here...
Check the power output on the connector to the card with a meter?
You do have a good connection of the power connectors 4 pin atx12 connection on the motherboard?

 

[fullinfusion]

Must be a defective card then.

How can it be a defective card if even the kids gpu wont work? but it runs fine in the other 2 or 3 computers he tested it on.

 

[fullinfusion]

Grasping at straws here...
Check the power output on the connector to the card with a meter?
You do have a good connection of the power connectors 4 pin atx12 connection on the motherboard?

im going with Viper on this one... hey for the hell of it can you place your rig beside the wifes computer and feed power from your psu gfx power led and see if it works?

Or like how Viper suggested.... but then again unless its plugged into the gpu and you can check the voltage while your plugged in will be better, so the psu power cable is under load

 

[NAVI_Z]

i believe the psu's pcie rails work cause i had that psu in my old rig powering a 4870 which ofcourse took two pcie connectors. rite now i have the side panel off the tower and when i power it on, the fan on the board spins.so its getting juice.i noticed that when i remove the card and run the pc wihtout it, the pc'c hdd l.e.d. light blinks on and the pc starts to post and loads windows ok.whith the card in, the hdd l.e.d. doesn't blink or turn on at all.it can only mean that the mobo doesn't post with the card in,but it does with the card out.its gotta be an update to the bios or chipset or something else, but every time i try to update the bios or anything from HP's support page,an error page pops up and says the pc doesn't meet the minimum system requirements.i even tried checking the asus support web site to see if i can update there but i cant find the model of motherboard the pc has. the model no. is:Asus P5LP-LE. In the HP site its: Leonite2-GL8E. Neither of which show up in the Asus support page.Its a socket 775.http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...ry&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&product=3633809&lang=en

i know if i could somehow update the bios or even maybe the chipset i could get it to work.is there a way to download the update and install it manually without doing it through the support web page?

 

[fullinfusion]

i believe the psu's pcie rails work cause i had that psu in my old rig powering a 4870 which ofcourse took two pcie connectors. rite now i have the side panel off the tower and when i power it on, the fan on the board spins.so its getting juice.i noticed that when i remove the card and run the pc wihtout it, the pc'c hdd l.e.d. light blinks on and the pc starts to post and loads windows ok.whith the card in, the hdd l.e.d. doesn't blink or turn on at all.it can only mean that the mobo doesn't post with the card in,but it does with the card out.its gotta be an update to the bios or chipset or something else, but every time i try to update the bios or anything from HP's support page,an error page pops up and says the pc doesn't meet the minimum system requirements.i even tried checking the asus support web site to see if i can update there but i cant find the model of motherboard the pc has. the model no. is:Asus P5LP-LE. In the HP site its: Leonite2-GL8E. Neither of which show up in the Asus support page.Its a socket 775.http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...ry&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&product=3633809&lang=en

i know if i could somehow update the bios or even maybe the chipset i could get it to work.is there a way to download the update and install it manually without doing it through the support web page?

Space the post out man lol, its hard reading when its so close together.

Just Google your wifes model # and bios update... go from there, that's where I found a bunch of downloads. It was the HP site for sure, just look to the left of the screen and follow the links...

Id look now but im in the middle of TPU and a new 5970 flash and bench marking for a few hours.

you have disabled on board video in the bios im hoping?

 

[NAVI_Z]

yeah. onboard video is disabled in the bios.i enabled video output to pci-e.sorry for the way

i've been posting.

 

[erocker]

How can it be a defective card if even the kids gpu wont work? but it runs fine in the other 2 or 3 computers he tested it on.

My bad, I had it backwards. I thought the card wouldn't work on any machine. In that case I'm thinking some sort of driver/registry issue. Have you tried using driver sweeper or anything like that?

 

[NAVI_Z]

My bad, I had it backwards. I thought the card wouldn't work on any machine. In that case I'm thinking some sort of driver/registry issue. Have you tried using driver sweeper or anything like that?

yes i have. i use revo uninstaller and driver cleaner pro.

 

[ERazer]

the psu as an antec earthwatts 650. it has two pcie rails. i'm only using one on the 5770.

have u tried both rails? like switch it, sometimes it gets loose with age, i know u run both of them b4 but some 4870 u can run it with one rail

 

[NAVI_Z]

have u tried both rails? like switch it, sometimes it gets loose with age, i know u run both of them b4 but some 4870 u can run it with one rail

thanx Razer. just tried that. no go. i really think its the onboard chipset from Intel that doesn't like the 5xxx series radeons.

 

[ERazer]

thanx Razer. just tried that. no go. i really think its the onboard chipset from Intel that doesn't like the 5xxx series radeons.

ouch sorry bud

 

[NAVI_Z]

ouch sorry bud

dare i say upgrade? lol.... i was thinking this

http://www.nzxt.com/new/products/crafted_series/phantom

hmmmmmm.....decisions decisions...